Barranbinya Explained

The Barranbinya, also written Baranbinja and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of New South Wales.

Country

Barranbinya territory extended over an estimated 1200mi2 along the northern bank of the Darling River from Bourke to Brewarrina.

Language

See main article: Barranbinya language.

Alternative names

• Barren-binya
• Barrumbinya, Burrumbinya, Barrunbarga (typo)
• Baranbinja
• Burranbinga, Burrabinya
• Burranbinya, Burrunbinya
• Parran-binye

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Citations

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• Australian Languages and Traditions: Wailwun Language and Traditions . Honery . Thomas . Ridley . William . . 1878 . 7 . 232–274 . 2841001 .
• Murrawarri and other Australian languages . Mathews . R. H. . Robert Hamilton Mathews . Queensland Geographical Journal . 1903 . 18 . 52–68 .
• Initiation ceremonies of Murawarri and other aboriginal tribes of Queensland . Mathews . R. H. . Robert Hamilton Mathews . Queensland Geographical Journal . 1907 . 22 . 64–73 .
• Book: Oates, Lynette F. . Barranbinya: Fragments of a N.S.W. Aboriginal language . . 71 . Pacific Linguistics. Series A. Occasional Papers . 1 January 1985 . 185–204 .
• Vocabulary of the Cornu Tribes of Australia . Pechey . W. A . . 1872 . 1 . 143–147 . 10.2307/2840949 . 2840949 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Baranbinja (NSW) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/baranbinja.htm .